Development of the Community's railways

OBJECTIVE: the proposal for a Council directive aims to amend Directive 91/440/EEC (which establishes the rights of access for groupings of undertakings involved in the transport of goods to the railway networks of other Member States) with a view to making rail transport more competitive by attracting new capital and encouraging existing operators to improve their performance. SUBSTANCE: - the right of access would be extended to individual operators; - the scope of the directive would be extended to cover both national and international transport of freight and international transport of passengers. �